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Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recordings in January 1948, [3] Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin ...
Traditionally A&R executives were composers, arrangers and producers – Atlantic Records's heads Jerry Wexler and Ahmet Ertegun were producers and composers respectively – but an A&R with musical ability and knowledge has become a rarity, with Ron Fair and Martin Kierszenbaum being notable recent exceptions. [9]
This is a list of artists who record, or who have recorded, for Atlantic Records. a division of Warner Music Group . Listed in parentheses are names of affiliated labels for which the artist recorded for Atlantic in conjunction with.
Atlantic Records has announced the signing of singer-songwriter Nolan Taylor, who got a shout-out from “Rich Men North of Richmond” singer Oliver Anthony on this week’s episode of Joe Rogan ...
In 1981, he moved to the sales research team and, in 1983, into Atlantic's A&R department. [2] At 20, Flom departed NYU to work full-time at Atlantic. Bands he signed at the time included Skid Row and Stone Temple Pilots. [3] In 1995, Flom launched Lava Records in partnership with Atlantic Records. [4]
A&R executive Pete Ganbarg has started a new joint venture with Atlantic Records called Pure Tone Records. Ganbarg will step down as Atlantic’s president of A&R to steer the new launch, in ...
Andrea Ganis, Atlantic Records’ legendary president of promotion, is leaving the company after 43 years, she announced in a message to staff today, which follows below in full. She began at the ...
John S. Carter Jr. (June 14, 1945 – May 10, 2011), better known as simply Carter, [1] was an American music producer, writer, arranger, instrumentalist, and A&R man. Carter was born the son of an oil wildcatter in East St. Louis, Illinois. [2]